Ladder predictor thread 2014

[Wilko]

Fact is we really don't have a clue where this bunch can finish
I don't think bucks really knows. That's the truth
Somewhere between 3rd and 10th I'd say (I'm pretty good at these things)

Best team on paper with settled backline Incl Reid, 3rd no worries
Better get a move on but

[yin-YANG]

I think that would be OK for a finals run...

1) Play Crows at the G
2)Then most likely travel to Sydney at our other home ground to take on Swans...
3) Hawks in a prelim at the G
4) GF

After the first week we are huge underdogs with loads of experienced and a very dangerous opponent! Go PIES!

[David]

Latest effort:

1. Sydney 18-4 140%
2. Hawthorn 17-5 139%
3. Fremantle 17-5 134%
4. Geelong 16-6 112%
5. Port Adelaide 14-8 123%
6. Collingwood 14-8 109%
7. Gold Coast 14-8 104%
8. North Melbourne 13-9 117%

9. Adelaide 13-9 113%
10. Essendon 13-9 109%
11. Richmond 9-13 105%
12. West Coast 8-14 102%
13. Western Bulldogs 7-15 82%
14. Carlton 6-16 88%
15. Melbourne 5-17 74%
16. GWS 5-17 73%
17. St. Kilda 5-17 63%
18. Brisbane 4-18 64%

Honestly, there are so many hard games to pick over the next four or five weeks that it feels impossible to say who will make it and who won't. But if things go according to my predictions, we'll need to win the next three games (Adelaide, Port, West Coast) to make it. Lose one and we're in serious jeopardy of missing out; lose two and we probably won't make it. And from now on, anyone playing North, Adelaide, Gold Coast or Essendon is our second team.

Amazingly, change just three of my results (North beat Adelaide, Essendon beat Gold Coast, Gold Coast beat Port) and Port Adelaide misses the finals altogether!

Also, it's still mathematically possible for Brisbane to make the top 8.

[David]

Gold Coast's loss tonight has taken the pressure off somewhat, because it means Adelaide are a lot more likely to make the 8 regardless of whether or not we beat them tomorrow. Now, lose one of the next three and we could be locked in a very tight percentage battle with Essendon for 8th. Of course, anything could still happen, so tomorrow's game against Adelaide is still massive.

[qldmagpie67]